one million light years from here-photo quiz

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:12 am

Try to id the picture bellow.

20x objective.

gjones · Post by **gjones** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:47 am

I think I saw this before back in the 60's.

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:57 am

Hint:it's not leaving organism

Rylee Isitt · Post by **Rylee Isitt** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:27 pm

A root sheath cross section with trippy colors applied?

That's a completely wild guess.

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:33 am

nice try but still far away.It's not a cross section of something.

Rylee Isitt · Post by **Rylee Isitt** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:10 am

You might have to turn this into 20 questions...

Eukarya?

phytoplankton · Post by **phytoplankton** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:50 am

Looks like a small droplet of something, perhaps a thin film forming substance like soap, in polarized light.

Rylee Isitt · Post by **Rylee Isitt** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:52 am

Hmm, but harisA suggested it was an organism: "it's not leaving organism".

phytoplankton · Post by **phytoplankton** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:01 pm

I believe they were trying to say it's not a living organism. To my eyes it screams cross polarized light, the concentric rings suggest it is thicker in the center, and the "ejecta" suggests a drop that impacted a surface or maybe is in an immiscible fluid.

Rylee Isitt · Post by **Rylee Isitt** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:24 pm

Ooooh!

Okay.

If that's the case, my money's on your guess.

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:05 am

phytoplankton wrote:Looks like a small droplet of something, perhaps a thin film forming substance like soap, in polarized light.

Your are in the right direction.But no soap or polarized light.

The method i have used is epi darkfield illumination, so the speciment is not transparent.

phytoplankton · Post by **phytoplankton** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:18 am

Interesting. Is the specimen showing fluorescence or is this it's normal color?

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:08 am

phytoplankton wrote:Interesting. Is the specimen showing fluorescence or is this it's normal color?

No there is no fluorescence. i'm putting here the original pic although i don't think is any helpfoul..The initial pic has invert colours.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:46 am

This now reminds me of small splatter of liquid solder or some other hot metal surrounded by a ring of corrosion.

--Rik

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:58 am

rjlittlefield wrote:This now reminds me of small splatter of liquid solder or some other hot metal surrounded by a ring of corrosion.

--Rik

Rik your are very close.
The specific pattern is found on a metal surface,but it's not splatter of liquid solder.